Alexandra Layfield joined Jones Walker's Corporate & Securities Practice Group in 2008. Ms. Layfield's practice is exclusively transactional, concentrating principally on the areas of securities law, mergers and acquisitions, general corporate law and corporate governance matters. Alexandra Layfield is a partner in the Corporate Practice Group.
At Jones Walker, she leads the firm’s corporate, securities and executive compensation team. Alex serves as outside corporate and securities counsel for public companies, including acting as boardroom lawyer. She handles corporate finance transactions such as tender offers and public and private securities offerings of debt and equity, as well as mergers and acquisition transactions for public and private companies
Ms. Layfield's principal area of focus is counseling corporations on corporate governance matters and the related disclosure requirements of the securities laws and trading markets, including reviewing annual, quarterly, and current reports, proxy statements, and press releases, as well as representing issuers in a variety of corporate finance transactions, including tender offers, public and private securities offerings of debt and equity. She coordinates periodic review and compliance with internal company policies including insider trading policies, and ethics and business conduct policies, and also handles board and executive compensation matters for clients.
Alex coordinates periodic reviews of and compliance with internal company policies, including corporate governance guidelines, insider trading, and ethics and business conduct policies, and handles board and executive compensation matters, shareholder activism defense, and shareholder engagement. Alex also advises clients on general corporate law, including the new Louisiana Business Corporation Act.
More Legal and Business Bylines From Alexandra Clark Layfield
- SEC Simplifies Disclosure Requirements for Certain Registered Debt Offerings - (Posted On Wednesday, April 08, 2020)
- SEC Chairman Encourages Public Companies to Keep Investors Informed | SEC Chief Accountant Discusses COVID-19 Challenges - (Posted On Wednesday, April 08, 2020)
- SEC Chairman Encourages Public Companies to Keep Investors Informed, SEC Chief Accountant Discusses COVID-19 Challenges - (Posted On Monday, April 06, 2020)
- How to Hold a Virtual Annual Meeting During the COVID-19 Pandemic - (Posted On Wednesday, April 01, 2020)
- Louisiana’s Governor Signs Proclamation Regarding Virtual-Only Shareholder Meetings - (Posted On Wednesday, April 01, 2020)
- SEC Extends Reporting Exemptions and Issues COVID-19 Disclosure Guidance - (Posted On Monday, March 30, 2020)
- SEC Issues New MD&A Guidance and Proposes to Amend Disclosure Rules Regarding Selected Financial Data, Supplementary Financial Data, and MD&A - (Posted On Tuesday, February 11, 2020)
- SEC Adopts Further Amendments to Modernize and Simplify Disclosure Requirements Pursuant to the FAST Act - (Posted On Tuesday, April 02, 2019)
- SEC Amendments to Streamline and Simplify Disclosure Requirements - (Posted On Friday, January 18, 2019)
- NYSE Rule Implementation – Dividend Announcements - (Posted On Thursday, January 18, 2018)
Alexandra Layfield leads Jones Walker’s corporate, securities and executive compensation team, and she is a National Law Review Go-To Thought Leader for her articles on SEC updates and amendments to shareholder disclosure and approval requirements, proxy rules, and guidance related to needed updates to corporate governance documents including by-laws and anti-takeover protections. Ms. Layfield’s extensive background really comes through in her timely analysis of corporate governance changes necessitated by the COVID-19 pandemic.